Witnesses starting with letter V

Private First Class (ret.) Rudolf Veltruský

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Young Vladislav Vencko

Vladislav Vencko

* 1936

Farmer

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Miroslav Vencl in 2023

Miroslav Vencl

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Venclík

Bohumil Venclík

* 1924 †︎ 2025

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Vlastimil Venclík - 1990s

Vlastimil Venclík

* 1942

Writer, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Věra Vencovská in her graduation photograph (1948)

Věra Vencovská

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Ivo Vendolsky, Prague 2021

Ivo Vendolsky

* 1933

Germany, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Sieglinde Vendolsky in 2021

Sieglinde Vendolsky

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Mr. Venglář

Alexander Venglář

* 1920

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Diplomat

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Period photograph by Pavel Verbíř, 1980s

Pavel Verbíř

* 1972

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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